// Station · 4m ago

PAMC

McGrath Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 220° / 9 kt G18

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,500 ft

T/Td 11.7°C / 11.1°C

ALTIM 29.64 inHg

WX -RA BR

ELEV 341 FT

62.9529°N / 155.6060°W

LOCATION · McGrath, US

WIND

220°9 kt

PAMC · 341 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/9G18

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

BKN015

LAYERS

SCT007 BKN015 OVC035

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

29.64"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,500 ft. Moderate winds at 220°/9 kt, gusting 18, visibility 3.0 SM, scattered at 700 ft, broken at 1,500 ft, and overcast at 3,500 ft. Reported weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI PAMC 251807Z 22009G18KT 3SM -RA BR SCT007 BKN015 OVC035 12/11 A2964 RMK AO2 RAB1755 P0001 T01170111

PAMC · day 25 at 18:07 UTC · wind from 220° at 9 kt, gusts to 18 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · scattered layer at 700 ft · broken layer at 1,500 ft · overcast at 3,500 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.64" Hg · weather: light rain and mist (-RA BR) · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 9 ktG18

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

220°9G18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,000'

16 HDG 160° H5 kt X8 kt RIGHT 5,936'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

34 HDG 340° T4 kt X8 kt LEFT —

05 HDG 050° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,341 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA -2°C

400FT

+59 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV341 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-2°C PRESSURE ALT619 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at PANU (Nulato Airport, Nulato, elev 399 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC035

Overcast · base 3,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN015

Broken · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT007

Scattered · base 700 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,250 ft VFR MARGIN-1,500 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-10)

14:51ZSUNRISE

22:25ZSOLAR NOON

06:00ZSUNSET

06:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 49m VFR NIGHT BEGINS06:54Z (12h 43m) DAY LENGTH15h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE00:57Z MOONSET16:06Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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